Online Relationship Counselling · Wrexham

Online Relationship Counselling in Wrexham

Online relationship counselling for Wrexham, by secure video. From a base in Hove I work with people across Wrexham, from the town centre and the church to the streets around the football ground, with the same BACP-registered, confidential support as an in-person session, and no journey.

Online across the UKSecure videoFree 15-min consultation
BACP registered member25+ years of experienceLived experience
Bradley Riddell, BACP-registered counsellor offering online relationship counselling for Wrexham, introducing his approach
ConfidentialA safe, private space
Person-centredThe therapy fits you

In and around Wrexham

Relationship Counselling for Wrexham, at a glance

Areas covered online
All of Wrexham: from the town centre and the church to Rhosddu, Caia Park and Gwersyllt
Known for
St Giles' church, the football ground and the Welsh borderland
Region
Wales
Local NHS / support route
NHS psychological therapies (Wales)
Format
Secure video, UK-wide. In-person also available on the Sussex coast.

Life in Wrexham

What brings people in Wrexham to counselling?

Wrexham has had a great deal of attention lately, and a town that is being talked about can be a strange place in which to be quietly struggling. The football brings people in, Wrexham University keeps the place young, and meanwhile you and your partner are running a household on hours that do not line up. Out towards Gwersyllt, Coedpoeth or Brymbo the work is often a drive away, and the drive takes the part of the evening you used to have together. Living on the border, some people cross it daily for a job. None of this shows up as a row. It shows up as two people being tired at each other for a very long time.

Wrexham UniversityWrexham AFC and the Racecourse Groundthe coal, steel and brewing heritageSt Giles' Church

Areas covered

Neighbourhoods in and around Wrexham

RhosdduCaia ParkGwersylltRhosnesniActonHightownCoedpoethBrymboGresfordBorras

Wherever you are in Wrexham, the work is the same, a calm, confidential space shaped around you.

The local picture

The local picture in Wrexham

Official figures for Wrexham, for context rather than as a description of you.

Reviewed June 2026.

What does relationship counselling involve?

Relationship counselling here, for couples or individuals, slows down the pattern you are caught in and builds healthier ways of hearing and being heard.

The approach does not change with the postcode, so rather than repeat it on every page you can read it in full, the methods and what each session covers, on the full relationship counselling page, alongside how sessions run and what they cost and qualifications, registration and ethics.

What do I need for an online session?

Sessions run over a secure, encrypted video link, held to the same BACP confidentiality as meeting in person. After a free fifteen-minute call, you join from any private space on a phone, tablet or laptop.

Because Bradley works from Hove, Wrexham is served entirely online. The distance turns out not to matter; what matters is that a couple in north Wales does not have to travel anywhere at all. Sessions run by secure video, either from one sofa or from two separate places when the shifts refuse to agree. If your partner will not come, individual relationship work is a real option, and it is often where things start to move.

Book a free 15-minute call

What I help with

Which difficulties does relationship counselling address?

Communication and conflict

Breaking the cycle of the same argument.

Trust and repair

Rebuilding safety after betrayal or addiction.

Distance

Finding your way back to closeness.

Long-distance couples

Sessions you can join from different places.

Anxiety and reassurance

Working with people-pleasing and the need for control.

Individual work

You do not need to come as a couple to change the dynamic.

Relationship Counselling in Wrexham

Why people in Wrexham come for relationship counselling

Couples get in touch here for ordinary reasons far more often than dramatic ones. Distance that crept in over a couple of years. A row that restarts every Sunday afternoon. A betrayal never properly talked about since the week it came out. We work on the sequence rather than the verdict, because knowing what each of you does at minute three of an argument is more use than settling who is at fault. Drink often sits inside all this. In Wrexham the age-standardised alcohol-specific death rate was 14.5 per 100,000 in 2022 to 2024, below the Wales average of 16.6 per 100,000, though no figure of that sort shows what heavy drinking does to a marriage. If that side needs its own service, DAWS covers Wrexham and Flintshire. The NHS route in Wales is your GP.

A free, unhurried first step

Not sure if it is right for you? A free fifteen-minute call is a no-obligation way to talk it through.

Book a free 15-minute call

Finding support in Wrexham

My online counselling sits alongside the help available locally. In Wrexham, you can access NHS psychological therapies through your GP or local primary mental health support service. You can find support through the CALL Mental Health Helpline for Wales, free and confidential on 0800 132 737.

Private sessions with me usually mean you can start sooner and stay with the same counsellor throughout; I am glad to work alongside any NHS or GP support you already have.

Other local and national support verified for this area includes:

If you need urgent help now

This is not a crisis service. If anyone is in immediate danger call 999. For urgent mental health support, call NHS 111 and press 2 for urgent mental health support. The CALL Helpline for Wales is free on 0800 132 737, the Samaritans are on 116 123, and you can text SHOUT to 85258.

Wrexham questions

Online Relationship Counselling in Wrexham: common questions

How do we arrange a first session?

Get in touch and book the free 15-minute call, which normally happens within a few days. It is a plain conversation about what is going on, with no assessment attached. Weekly appointments usually follow the week after, and nothing needs a referral from your surgery.

What are the costs for couples work?

One fee per appointment, whether one of you comes or both: £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes and £120 for 120 minutes. A good many couples take the 90-minute option so that both sides get heard properly. The first 15 minutes cost nothing.

What does the NHS offer for this in Wrexham?

Specific couples provision is thin. In Wales the route into local mental health support runs through your GP practice rather than a self-referral form, so book with the surgery. The CALL Mental Health Helpline for Wales answers free and in confidence on 0800 132 737.

Is everything for couples in north Wales a long drive away?

A lot of it is, which is exactly why online suits this area. Nothing here depends on getting two people into a car after work and finding somewhere to park. You both join from wherever you are and the hour begins on time, whatever the weather is doing.

My partner drinks every night and says that is normal round here. What do I do with that?

You can bring it here as your problem, which it plainly is, without waiting for him to agree it is his. We look at what the drinking has done to the two of you and to your own sense of what is reasonable. For the drinking itself, DAWS works locally.

We live in a village outside Wrexham - is that a problem for couples work?

Not at all. Sessions are by secure video, so wherever you are, in the city, out towards the hills, or near the border, the appointment comes to you both. There is no travel to coordinate around two busy lives.

How soon can my partner and I start relationship counselling in Wrexham?

Usually within a week or two. I work with couples across Wrexham and the wider north Wales border by secure video rather than in person. We begin with a free 15-minute consultation, then arrange your first full session at a time that suits you both.

What are your couples fees, and how do they compare with NHS help in Wrexham?

Couples sessions are £80 for 60 minutes, £100 for 90 minutes or £120 for two hours, after a free 15-minute chat. Relationship support through Betsi Cadwaladr health board can mean a wait, so many couples prefer to start privately and promptly online.

Can we join sessions separately, given how spread out the border area is?

Yes. Sessions run by secure video, so you can sit together or join from different places when one of you is in a village and the other in the city or over in Cheshire. I also offer evening appointments to fit around shift work.

Online Relationship Counselling in Wrexham, whenever you are ready

A free fifteen-minute call is the simplest place to start, no obligation, just a chance to see if we are the right fit.

Also available online across Wales: Cardiff, Swansea. See all of Wales.

People who come for relationship counselling in Wrexham often also look at counselling and therapy, trauma counselling and addiction counselling.

You may also find it useful to read about the Imago dialogue for couples.

Closer to the Sussex coast? The same relationship counselling is available in person, in Brighton, or see every area I cover.